while whale watching on a touristy boat in maine we were having trouble getting close to a whale who kept diving farther away from us i was standing at the very front of the boat and overheard this exchange between two strangers man the whale keeps diving away from us and getting farther out laughs it probably thinks we want to mate with it man its definitely a female whale then its like get away from me please get away from me they both laugh and man continues to say things such as get away from me stop coming close in a high pitched feminine voice i am a yearold sexual assault survivor i felt shocked worthless depressed